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Winston Churchill: They are the...

Winston Churchill: They are the...

They are the only people who like to be told how bad things are - who like to be told the...

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Edmund Burke: Great men are...

Edmund Burke: Great men are...

Great men are the guideposts and landmarks in the state.

Source: In Correct Quotes...

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Edmund Burke: Politics and the...

Edmund Burke: Politics and the...

Politics and the pulpit are terms that have little agreement.

Source: Reflections...

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Edmund Burke: He was not...

Edmund Burke: He was not...

He was not merely a chip of the old block, but the old block itself.

Source:...

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Marcus Tullius Cicero: The eyes like...

Marcus Tullius Cicero: The eyes like...

The eyes like sentinel occupy the highest place in the body.

Source: In The...

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Marcus Tullius Cicero: Friendship is the...

Marcus Tullius Cicero: Friendship is the...

Friendship is the only thing in the world concerning the usefulness of which all mankind are...

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Margot Asquith: The first element...

Margot Asquith: The first element...

The first element of greatness is fundamental humbleness (this should not be confused with servility); the second is...

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Annie Dillard: Spend the afternoon....

Annie Dillard: Spend the afternoon....

Spend the afternoon. You can't take it with you.

Source: From Charles Daney's...

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Annie Dillard: No; we have...

Annie Dillard: No; we have...

No; we have been as usual asking the wrong question. It does not matter a hoot what the mockingbird on the chimney is...

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Annie Dillard: Crystals grew inside...

Annie Dillard: Crystals grew inside...

Crystals grew inside rock like arithmetic flowers. They lengthened and spread, added plane to plane in an awed and...

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Harriet Beecher Stowe: Where painting is...

Harriet Beecher Stowe: Where painting is...

Where painting is weakest, namely, in the expression of the highest moral and spiritual ideas, there music is...

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Mary Wortley Montagu: Satire should, like...

Mary Wortley Montagu: Satire should, like...

Satire should, like a polished razor keen,
Wound with a touch that's scarcely felt or...

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Harriet Beecher Stowe: I no more...

Harriet Beecher Stowe: I no more...

I no more thought of style or literary excellence than the mother who rushes into the street and cries for help to...

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Mary Wortley Montagu: General notions are...

Mary Wortley Montagu: General notions are...

General notions are generally wrong.

Source: From an Internet collection of...

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Arthur Conan Doyle: You know my...

Arthur Conan Doyle: You know my...

You know my method. It is founded upon the observance of trifles.

Source: The...

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G K Chesterton: The right kind...

G K Chesterton: The right kind...

The right kind of monarchy is one where everybody goes about with the permanent conviction that the king can do no...

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G K Chesterton: A new philosophy...

G K Chesterton: A new philosophy...

A new philosophy generally means in practice the praise of some old vice.

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G K Chesterton: Talk about the...

G K Chesterton: Talk about the...

Talk about the pews and steeples
And the cash that goes therewith!
But the souls of Christian peoples . ....

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G K Chesterton: Journalism is popular,...

G K Chesterton: Journalism is popular,...

Journalism is popular, but it is popular mainly as fiction. Life is one world, and life seen in the newspapers...

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G K Chesterton: A woman uses...

G K Chesterton: A woman uses...

A woman uses her intelligence to find reasons to support her intuition.

Source: In...

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